week 8 - execution & aftermath

[vicedirector]

seven vices execution & aftermath ♫ sunday After everyone has voted, the paper and photos will disappear. Miata will usher everyone outside, only allowing them to grab their coats and weather-appropriate gear, and lead them to the bonfire. Floating in the middle of the flames, a list appears, clear as day. >Gather? victim   culprit cast setting rulebook

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[dereban]

[ She shakes her head furiously; she knows too well that he wouldn't. She knows and yet - ]

It doesn't matter, does it?! At the very least, the pain would stop. I wouldn't have to care anymore. And ha, it's not like there's many people here who would and even then -- it really doesn't matter because I can't have him anyway!

[ Ah.

Shit. When she says that she has to turn on her heel, not looking directly at anyone, instead chewing on her lower lip. That was a mistake. A huge mistake. It was basically her, admitting the truth. Admitting that secret that she wanted to keep... a secret. ]

[muties]

Lots of people would care, you jerk. Quit playin'.

[ Endless sighs. Inaba needs a better therapist than Roxy, but... this is something she can actually... relate to...? ]

Himeko Inaba, your life is not so worthless that you need to throw it away 'cause a boy doesn't like you back. It happens, trust me, I know. Sometimes it just ain't meant to be and that's okay. You're 16. If he isn't the boy for you, that just means there's someone out there who is. Maybe several someones. Maybe you'll end up in a beautiful furry orgy at age 30 we just don't know.

So... for fucks sake, don't give up on life just for one boy.

[dereban]

... Even so, it makes things difficult. [ She's completely torn, and it shows in her voice, the weakness that she didn't want anyone to hear in it. ]

Also for the love of god, I'm not a furry.

[muties]

How so? You can still be bros.

[ important words like those lose their punch a bit when they're followed by: ]

... Just 'cause you're not a furry doesn't mean your orgy isn't.

[dereban]

It'll be awkward. The person he likes is my best friend.

[ ... ]

Okay, that's just fucking weird.

[muties]

Ahh, see, I vaguely know this feel. You can survive this feel, my friend. Does your friend like him back?

[ "Vaguely" is underselling it slightly, the alpha kids are a mess. Their love triangles were never quite so direct. ]

It was just an example, Koko. Maybe you'll meet a nice dude and have a nice, tame white wedding, have two kids and a picket fence. I dunno, no one knows.

[dereban]

Of course she does. They've never confessed to each other before, but I can tell.

[ A shrug. ]

[muties]

Ooh, so you can read minds, can you? Quick, what number am I thinking of!

[dereban]

I'm not a mind reader. [ Like, does she have that ability?? No... ]

I just-- I can tell, alright? The expression he made when I told him that one time that he likes Iori made everything plain as day.